Amin Maalouf Quotes

The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.

What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth.

It is not 'progressive' to try to resolve problems by eliminating a human life.

Let's not pretend that abortion isn't about the mass slaughter of innocents.

I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.

I believe in the right to life.

As I said, I believe life starts at conception.

I'm against abortion.

I am strongly pro-life, and have fought to protect the rights of the unborn my entire career. I will continue to fight for this cause because I value the sanctity of all human life.

I don't personally have a sense that life starts at conception. I don't personally have that sense.

I think abortion is murder.

The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.

I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our children represent.

I have noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.

No reasonable person denies that fetal life is life.

We acknowledge the diversity of deeply held convictions within our fellowship even as we seek to interpret the Scriptures under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Many American Baptists believe that, biblically, human life begins at conception, that abortion is immoral and a destruction of a human being created in God's image … Many others believe that while abortion is a regrettable reality, it can be a morally acceptable action and they choose to act on the biblical principles of compassion and justice … and freedom of will. … Many gradations of opinion between these basic positions have been expressed within our fellowship.

I’ve noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.

We wrestle with the political issues of who has stewardship over life.

I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it's just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don't quite believe that.

Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life.

All human beings are intrinsically valuable, and the intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong.

Society cannot escape what is essentially a moral question: When does human life deserve legal protection from the state? And society certainly cannot escape this dilemma by denying that it is fundamentally a moral issue, no matter what position one chooses.

I believe the assertion that every human life has an inherent and inalienable value will only be strengthened if we apply this principle to the morality of defending both convicted criminals and the lives of the unborn.

A human being can be good or bad or right or wrong, maybe. But how can you say a person is illegal? You just can't. That's all there is to it.

And there is the matter of abortion. We must with calmness and resolve help the vast majority of our fellow Americans understand that the more than 112 million abortions performed in America in 1980 amount to a great moral evil, an assault on the sacredness of human life.